Growing Pains

For as long as she could proclaim her infatuation in silly love letters, Nanami has known that she was irrevocably and undeniably in love with an overly optimistic blond. More often than she liked to admit, she had found herself fully enamored by the way he ran his hand through his hair. Or when his electric blue eyes meet hers, it was as though time would stop for a moment and that nothing existed except for the two of them--Were it not for the fact that he was now a single father and in desperate need of parenting advice.How Nanami had turned from his best friend into a co-parent, she did not know. Not that she minded his constant presence in her home or her constant invites to his. Neither did she find the baby blond to be a nuisance. Caring for his son had almost become second nature.Friends help each other out after all … right? That's what they were: best friends. It was only natural for her to be there for him.If Nanami only knew what it was that they were. She hadn't gone for years suppressing her feelings for him, being his shoulder to lean on, to simply accept whatever they had become.The line keeping them apart was blurry, and Nanami wasn't sure if that was what she wanted.